From 206e82f30909959b79b0029282c086ac39544864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darshan Sarojini <85709297+darshansarojini@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:15:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Reconcile website with CV and P&T dossier Cross-checked the site against the CV (Overleaf) and the January 2026 P&T dossier, and against Google Scholar for publication currency. Research page: reorganized around the two themes from the candidate's statement -- certification-driven conceptual design, and vehicle-operations co-design -- with each theme linking to the projects that carry it. The existing MDAO, multifidelity, reliability, and MBSE material is kept as the shared methods layer beneath both. Publications: added the two 2015 papers the CV lists but the site omitted (IFToMM world congress, iNaCoMM). Corrected three journal years from 2021 to 2022, matching the volume/issue and the dossier. Google Scholar confirms nothing newer is missing. People: full roster of 24 mentees, grouped by level (Ph.D., M.S., B.S., high school) within current members and alumni, with alumni destinations for the high school students. Eleven mentees on the CV were absent from the site; Aman Anwar already appeared as a co-author in the news but not on the roster. Service: peer-reviewed journals 5 -> 11, matching the CV. AiMT IOC corrected to founding member. Teaching: enrollment, team counts, and external mentor rosters per offering; Project SPEAR's 3rd place in the 2025 AIAA Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition; and the two NASA Capstone for Space Grant selections. New project page for aerial firefighting, the motivating application for the co-design theme, which had no page to link to. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) --- _bibliography/papers.bib | 25 ++++- _data/air_vehicle_design.yml | 10 +- _data/people.yml | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- _pages/people.md | 12 ++- _pages/research.md | 101 ++++++++++++------- _pages/service.md | 8 +- _pages/teaching.md | 15 ++- _projects/5_aerial_firefighting.md | 19 ++++ 8 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _projects/5_aerial_firefighting.md diff --git a/_bibliography/papers.bib b/_bibliography/papers.bib index 5086804..ee1fac6 100644 --- a/_bibliography/papers.bib +++ b/_bibliography/papers.bib @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ @article{bendarkar2021offnominal author = {Bendarkar, Mayank V. and Sarojini, Darshan and Mavris, Dimitri N.}, title = {Off-Nominal Performance and Reliability of Novel Aircraft Concepts During Early Design}, journal = {Journal of Aircraft}, - year = {2021}, + year = {2022}, volume = {59}, number = {2}, pages = {400--414}, @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ @article{sarojini2021structural author = {Sarojini, Darshan and Mavris, Dimitri N.}, title = {Structural Analysis and Optimization of Wings Subjected to Dynamic Loads}, journal = {AIAA Journal}, - year = {2021}, + year = {2022}, volume = {60}, number = {2}, pages = {1013--1023}, @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ @article{xie2021certificationdriven author = {Xie, Jiacheng and Sarojini, Darshan and Cai, Yu and Corman, Jason A. and Mavris, Dimitri N.}, title = {Certification-Driven Platform for Multidisciplinary Design Space Exploration in Airframe Preliminary Design}, journal = {Journal of Aircraft}, - year = {2021}, + year = {2022}, volume = {59}, number = {2}, pages = {329--349}, @@ -441,3 +441,22 @@ @phdthesis{sarojini2021thesis school = {Georgia Institute of Technology}, year = {2021} } + +@inproceedings{darshan2015compliant, + author = {Darshan, S. and Lassche, T. J. and Herder, J. L. and Ananthasuresh, G. K.}, + title = {A Compliant Two-Port Bistable Mechanism with Application to Easy-Chair Design}, + booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress}, + year = {2015}, + pages = {227--236}, + address = {Taipei, Taiwan}, + doi = {10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS8.008} +} + +@inproceedings{safvan2015generalized, + author = {Safvan, P. and Darshan, S. and Anirudh, N. K. and Ananthasuresh, G. K.}, + title = {A Generalized Method to Investigate the Bistability of Curved Beams using Buckling Analysis}, + booktitle = {2nd International and 17th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM)}, + year = {2015}, + address = {Kanpur, India}, + url = {http://www.inacomm2015.ammindia.org/img/73.pdf} +} diff --git a/_data/air_vehicle_design.yml b/_data/air_vehicle_design.yml index 63817ae..9686f03 100644 --- a/_data/air_vehicle_design.yml +++ b/_data/air_vehicle_design.yml @@ -7,14 +7,22 @@ # editing. Keep the source file at full resolution -- the thumbnail is # generated at build time and the image zooms to the original. # -# Fields: year, terms, images[]{path, alt, caption} +# Fields: year, terms, enrollment, mentors, highlights[], images[]{path, alt, caption} - year: "2025-2026" terms: "AOE 4065 Fall 2025 · AOE 4066 Spring 2026" + enrollment: "98 students, 10 teams" + mentors: "Lockheed Martin, SabreSystems, NASA, Electra.aero, TidalFlight, and DLR" + highlights: + - Two teams selected for the NASA Capstone for Space Grant – Aeronautics initiative, for *Airspace Resilience Analysis* and *Advanced Air Transportation System Concept for 2040*. images: [] - year: "2024-2025" terms: "AOE 4065 Fall 2024 · AOE 4066 Spring 2025" + enrollment: "69 students, 8 teams" + mentors: "Columbia Helicopters, Northrop Grumman, Gundlach Aerospace, VT AF ROTC, Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, and SabreSystems" + highlights: + - Team Project SPEAR — a low-cost, remote-piloted homeland defense interceptor — won **3rd place** in the 2025 AIAA Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition. images: - path: assets/img/teaching/air-vehicle-design/2024-2025/senior-design-expo.jpg alt: "The Air Vehicle Design team in formal attire lined up beside their laptops, VR headset, and pilot's cap at the senior design expo" diff --git a/_data/people.yml b/_data/people.yml index f716da5..e43a371 100644 --- a/_data/people.yml +++ b/_data/people.yml @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -# Lab roster, kept in the order and wording used on the original site. +# Lab roster, grouped by degree level within Current Members and Alumni. # To add someone: append an entry under `current` (or `alumni`) and drop a photo # at assets/img/people/.. Nothing else needs editing. # -# Fields: name, degree, grad (verbatim parenthetical), area, distinctions[], +# Fields: name, level (Ph.D. | M.S. | B.S. | High School -- drives the grouping +# and ordering on /people/), degree, grad (verbatim parenthetical), +# area, now (where an alum went next), distinctions[], # photo (path under assets/img/), links{} pi: @@ -14,14 +16,15 @@ pi: - He serves on the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee, Aircraft Design Technical Committee, Transformational Flight Intergration and Outreach Committee and Multimodal Transportation Working Group, and on a number of committees at the ACM/IEEE SuperComputing Conference. - He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, a master's degree in computational science and engineering, and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. His graduate school research was conducted in the Aerospace Systems Design Lab at Georgia Tech and postdoctoral research at the Large Scale Design Optimization lab at UC San Diego. links: - Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BmotoisAAAAJ&hl=en + Website: https://www.aoe.vt.edu/people/faculty/darshan-sarojini.html + Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BmotoisAAAAJ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darshan-sarojini-31b89999/ - ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Darshan-Sarojini ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-3505 GitHub: https://github.com/darshansarojini current: - name: Grant Lee + level: Ph.D. degree: Ph.D. AE area: Vehicle-Operations Co-Design for Regional Air Mobility photo: people/grant-lee.png @@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ current: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-l-9b3271332/ - name: Khoa D. Nguyen + level: Ph.D. degree: Ph.D. AE area: Autonomous Battery Units (ABUs) for Urban Air Mobility photo: people/khoa-nguyen.jpg @@ -38,39 +42,58 @@ current: ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khoa-Nguyen-384 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3502-1722 - - name: Joseph Gould + - name: Khushi Piparava + level: M.S. + area: Reduced Order Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification + + - name: Ferris Barghouty + level: M.S. + area: Design-Build-Fly of a Tilt-Rotor eVTOL + + - name: Jeremy John + level: M.S. degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" - area: Certification-Driven Aircraft Design - photo: people/joseph-gould.png + grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2027)" + area: Ship Design Optimization and Dynamics + distinctions: + - DoW SMART Scholarship Recipient + - 2025 Fincantieri Scholar + photo: people/jeremy-john.png links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gouldjoseph/ + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jer-j/ - - name: Nathan M. Shune + - name: Katherine Lemke + level: M.S. + area: Firefighting Aircraft, Fleet, Operations Co-Design + + - name: Quinn McIver + level: M.S. degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" - area: Multi-disciplinary Aircraft Design and Trajectory Optimization - photo: people/nathan-shune.png + grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2027)" + area: Off-Nominal Reliability Considerations for Conceptual Aircraft Design Optimization + photo: people/quinn-mciver.jpg links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shune-518a45220/ - GitHub: https://github.com/nshune - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6147-8149 + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinn-mciver - - name: Emma Paulter + - name: Dylan Hogge + level: M.S. degree: MS AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" - area: Optimization of hypersonic waveriders in a boost glide trajectory. + grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2027)" + area: Hybrid-electric aircraft design + photo: people/dylan-hogge.png links: - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-pautler-engineer + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-hogge-aa33bb24a/ - name: Joel George + level: M.S. degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2027)" - area: Structural Optimization of Primary Aerospace Structures Subject to Manufacturability and Producibility Considerations + area: Producibility and Manufacturability in Aircraft Design links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-m-george/ - name: Krish D. Bhatt + level: M.S. degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2027)" area: Agent Based modeling for Simulating Multi-modal transportation and induction of eVTOLS. @@ -79,6 +102,7 @@ current: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-bhatt/ - name: Casey Chamberlain + level: M.S. degree: "Graduated AE BS: May 2026" grad: "Expected AE MS Graduation: May 2027" area: Tools for conceptual aircraft design in capstone design course @@ -86,50 +110,83 @@ current: links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-chamberlain-503992239/ - - name: Jeremy John - degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2027)" - area: Ship Design Optimization and Dynamics - distinctions: - - DoW SMART Scholarship Recipient - - 2025 Fincantieri Scholar - photo: people/jeremy-john.png + - name: Emma Paulter + level: M.S. + degree: MS AE + grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" + area: Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Hypersonic Waverider links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jer-j/ + LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-pautler-engineer - - name: Dylan Hogge - degree: MS AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2027)" - area: Hybrid-electric aircraft design - photo: people/dylan-hogge.png + - name: Joseph Gould + level: M.S. + degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE + grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" + area: Certification-Driven Aircraft Design + photo: people/joseph-gould.png links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-hogge-aa33bb24a/ + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gouldjoseph/ - - name: Quinn McIver + - name: Nathan M. Shune + level: M.S. degree: BS/MS Accelerated Program AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2027)" - area: Off-Nominal Reliability Considerations for Conceptual Aircraft Design Optimization - photo: people/quinn-mciver.jpg + grad: "(Expected graduation: Dec 2026)" + area: Multi-disciplinary Aircraft Design and Trajectory Optimization + photo: people/nathan-shune.png links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinn-mciver + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shune-518a45220/ + GitHub: https://github.com/nshune + ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6147-8149 + + - name: Aman Anwar + level: B.S. + + - name: Tien Nguyen + level: B.S. + +alumni: + - name: Nico DeMarinis + level: M.S. + area: Satellite Packing Problem + + - name: Naman Kumar Shetty + level: M.S. + degree: "MS Non-Thesis AE (Graduated: May 2026)" + area: Modular Flight Dynamics & Simulation Frameworks. + links: + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naman-kumar-shetty/ - name: Sanjana Anem - degree: Junior AE - grad: "(Expected graduation: May 2028)" + level: B.S. area: Aircraft Design Visualization in VR photo: people/sanjana-anem.jpg links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjana-anem-4497a9327/ -alumni: + - name: Eden Enwiya + level: B.S. + - name: Ethan J. Phillips + level: B.S. degree: ME area: Aircraft Flight Simulation and VR visualization links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-phillips-vt/ - - name: Naman Kumar Shetty - degree: "MS Non-Thesis AE (Graduated: May 2026)" - area: Modular Flight Dynamics & Simulation Frameworks. + - name: Kavin Narayanan + level: High School + now: Purdue University links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naman-kumar-shetty/ + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavin-narayanan-99b431426/ + + - name: Eric Zheng + level: High School + now: University at Buffalo + links: + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericzheng1101/ + + - name: Anjana Vaidyaraman + level: High School + now: Caltech + links: + LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjana-vaidyaraman-538659267/ diff --git a/_pages/people.md b/_pages/people.md index 29c7e0c..c93df98 100644 --- a/_pages/people.md +++ b/_pages/people.md @@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ nav_order: 5 ## {% if group == "current" %}Current Members{% else %}Alumni{% endif %} +{% assign levels = "Ph.D.,M.S.,B.S.,High School" | split: "," %} +{% for level in levels %} +{% assign tier = members | where: "level", level %} +{% if tier.size > 0 %} + +### {{ level }} +
-{% for p in members %} +{% for p in tier %}
{% if p.photo %} {{ p.name }} @@ -46,6 +53,7 @@ nav_order: 5

{{ p.name }}

{% if p.degree %}

Degree
{{ p.degree }}{% if p.grad %}
{{ p.grad }}{% endif %}

{% endif %} {% if p.area %}

Research area
{{ p.area }}

{% endif %} + {% if p.now %}

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{% endif %} {% if p.distinctions %}

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{% for d in p.distinctions %}{{ d }}{% unless forloop.last %}
{% endunless %}{% endfor %} @@ -62,6 +70,8 @@ nav_order: 5

{% endif %} {% endfor %} +{% endif %} +{% endfor %}